'''Den besynnerlige professor Tolkien''' ("The Peculiar Professor Tolkien" or "Tolkien, the Peculiar Professor") is the title of of an interview with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] conducted by [[Wikipedia:Lars Gustafsson|Lars Gustafsson]]. The article was published in Swedish in ''[[Wikipedia:Dagens Nyheter|Dagens Nyheter]]'', on [[August 21]], [[1961]].

'''Den besynnerlige professor Tolkien''' ("The Peculiar Professor Tolkien" or "Tolkien, the Peculiar Professor") is the title of an interview with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] conducted by [[Lars Gustafsson]]. The article was published in Swedish in ''[[Wikipedia:Dagens Nyheter|Dagens Nyheter]]'', on [[21 August|August 21]], [[1961]].

The interview, more lengthy than [[Jan Broberg]]'s [[1961 Jan Broberg|interview in the same year]], has not appeared in an English translation. [[Åke Ohlmarks]] makes a reference to the interview in his book ''[[Tolkiens arv]]'':

The interview, more lengthy than [[Jan Broberg]]'s [[1961 Jan Broberg|interview in the same year]], has not appeared in an English translation. [[Åke Ohlmarks]] makes a reference to the interview in his book ''[[Tolkiens arv]]'':

An English version of the interview, translated by John-Henri Holmberg and edited and with an introduction by [[Morgan Thomsen]] and [[Shaun Gunner]], will be published in April 2013 in the journal ''[[Hither Shore (journal)|Hither Shore]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=243745|articlename="New" interview of Tolkien is available|dated=|website=[http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/default.asp The Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza: Forum]|accessed=27 May 2012}}</ref>

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==External links==

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*[http://larsgustafssonblog.blogspot.se/2012/02/interview-with-r-r-tolkien-from-oxford.html Interim English translation of the interview at Lars Gustafsson's blog]

"Lars Gustafsson [...] recounted in 1961 that [Tolkien's] house in Headington was chock-full of large piles of manuscripts"[1]

An English version of the interview, translated by John-Henri Holmberg and edited and with an introduction by Morgan Thomsen and Shaun Gunner, will be published in April 2013 in the journal Hither Shore.[2]